As I type this, I'm completely stranded in a rural area and utterly devastated as my dog is suffering a slow, agonizing death as he refuses food and water, starving to death in abject pain, and there is nothing I can do to help him. I have no vehicle or money or friends or family nearby, and I'm losing my home by force of the law on 7/17/2024 I have clinical depression, severe anxiety, and obsessive negative thoughts from PTSD, cardiomyopathy, and life-threatening edema (water retention). I've been rendered dysfunctional, unstable, and helpless after a series of traumatic and unfortunate events: My husband of 15 years abandoned me in the middle of the night and took with him all of the money we had and business with him, leaving me with insurmountable debt and absolutely no income or savings. He left me with a home, car, bills, and dogs I could NOT afford on my own. I no longer have a traditional bank account after my husband abandoned me because I don't have an ID and was denied opening an account when I tried to due to my low "deposit score." The bank account he withdrew the remaining money from became overdrawn and is now a hard blemish on my "banking score" as his name wasn't on the account, but I was a signer for the corporation that was not in my name but attached to my Social Security number. My state-issued ID expired before my husband left, and because I had nothing in my name, I didn't have enough documentation to get a new ID when I tried to, and as my life crumbled, I neglected to remedy my lack of ID as I no longer had the energy, means, or mental bandwidth to try to please the DMV and for them to acknowledge my identity despite having an expired ID that they issued me but is NOT an acceptable form of ID, birth certificate, Social Security card, and credit card — They wanted 5 forms of proof of ID, I only had 4. I have a condition called Lipedema which is a connective tissue and fat deposit disorder that causes me to retain excessive fluids I was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy (weakened heart) in 2018 — I have had several episodes of emergency pulmonary edema from my blood pressure getting so high that it pushes fluid into my lungs, rapidly filling them with fluid, and I risk "drowning" in my own bodily fluids as my breathing is compromised and oxygen is deprived to my brain. Soon after my husband left, a couple of severely mentally ill con artists pretending to be my friends exploited my vulnerable situation and publicly and privately defamed me, causing severe trauma that destabilized me and induced complex PTSD. I gave these phony "friends" over $800 trying to help them despite my own heartache, and they emotionally and financially terrorized me with public and private character assassination and turned my manageable sadness and anxiety into unmanageable full-blown complex PTSD. After the brutal, traumatic defamation assaults on my character, I developed clinical depression and a debilitating anxiety disorder that caused my entire life to deteriorate and completely destabilize me I involuntarily stopped caring for myself and my health as depression and anxiety consumed me and left me dysfunctional, suicidal, and apathetic to my own needs. I stopped seeing my doctors and took my medications erratically and carelessly. I stopped maintaining my home, mentally shut down, and isolated myself from almost everybody except for a select few friends who I trust and appreciate dearly. As my health and finances began to spiral downward with each passing day, my dogs' health began to deteriorate along with mine. One of them died last year, and due to my own poor health, I watched helplessly, unable to do anything to help because I couldn't even help myself any longer. It was not a choice. My mother is 64 years old and suffers from Arnold Chiari Malformation (a PAINFUL condition where her cranium slopes into her brainstem) and osteoarthritis. Her car was totaled while parked in our driveway when our intoxicated neighbor backed into it, leaving her without a car and a bill for the remainder of the loan as it was "upside down" and insurance only paid the retail value of it, not the entirety of the loan. I shared my car with her after that, but my husband left me with exorbitant expenses I could not even begin to pay with no income or savings. My mom has been doing everything to help care for me and our dogs since I became unwell and dysfunctional. She was working 6 days per week for minimum wage until my car was repossessed at 2:00 am in the morning, leaving us both stranded in a rural area with no car and bills surmounting. She was fired from her job 3 days later for not being able to get there. She was denied unemployment benefits because New York state said not having a vehicle is not an acceptable reason and that she should have made a better effort to get to her job in a rural area in February! When she filed her taxes, her Social Security "survivor's benefits" were cut off for making "too much money" — She NET around $21,000 in 2024 and that was " too much", so Social Security told her they overpaid her $6,000 and they're withholding it until it paid for approximately 6 months I need $24,000 to keep our home before 7/17/2024 which I would prefer to try to settle with them because there is an extreme rental shortage in New York state and prices have skyrocketed with studio apartments STARTING AT $1,200+/mo in upstate, NY and at least $1,800-2,000/month for a house or apartment with 2 bedrooms—At the very least. There are VERY FEW rentals available and most of them require a good credit score and income verification, which neither of us have right now. To move, we need a truck and manual labor to pack up an entire house that my husband left me with My dog is gravely sick with an infected abscess on his butt. He needs vet care for months and needs emergency care if they can even help him anymore. He is disoriented and is refusing food I need to get a reliable vehicle and ID to move and to stabilize our income. I need money for an attorney as my estranged husband has not filed for divorce and I'm legally married to someone who abandoned me and left me with crushing debt. I need to pay for an attorney to dissolve this marriage and sort out these financial strains I'm asking for compassionate, kind people to please help me raise $35,000 as I need quite a bit of money to: Secure this home or another with compromised credit that will need as much liquidity as possible Pack and move our belongings if necessary Secure a reliable vehicle to not be stranded in a, expensive rural area Get my dog emergency vet care See my doctors and get my medications and procedures for fluid retention in my stomach Get a valid ID/license Get utilities on in a new home Get a real bank account (not just like Cash App or Chime, etc.) Pay many past due bills and other debts Pay attorney fees Restore, rebuild, establish, and set up my business and independent contractor work so that I can earn income going forward I'm extremely embarrassed and devastated to be reaching out for financial help. It's not something I would ever choose to do if I didn't absolutely have to. I'm in a position that I simply can't get out of on my own, and so, I'm asking for the generosity and compassion of others to please help me if you can. I would appreciate it more than words can say, but I also understand that many of us are going through hardships and I completely understand if you can't give anything—That is totally understandable and perfectly ok! Please do not feel bad about that because I assure you I feel even worse asking anyone at all and really, really do not want to imposition anyone or for anyone to feel pity for me. I know there are so many people who are suffering much, much worse than I am, and I would rather be helping them than asking for help myself! But I do appreciate ANY and all help and kind words and support that comes my way! And if you can't donate any money, I'd ask that you please consider sharing this post and my Facebook post and asking others to do the same. Bringing attention to these causes is just as valuable and appreciated immensely! If you'd prefer to help me out directly, my money accounts are: Jennifer Salzano Cash App: $j3nncash Venmo: @j3nnmo Chime: $j3nnb3nn Facebook Pay: Message me @ Facebook Messenger (Jennifer Salzano) PayPal: http://paypal.me/littlesalz (my mom's) Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/j3nn.net Thank you for taking the time to read this, and thank you to all who help in any way that they can. I greatly appreciate it! Sincerely, Jenn
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